Recent content by haxxorboi

It's a small organization, so no LDAP is in place currently. For the number of users, it probably would be a bit overkill. I finally got smbclient to install correctly into the vapp, but now it's being a pain to connect to the Lacie NAS via SMB, so that's yet another issue that I've got to...

So I'm working on putting together a server (most likely virtual appliance) to act as a central download, sync, and s/ftp point, or at least that's the goal. We're currently using an aging Lacie NAS that has some file browsing capabilities, but it's not pretty and is slower than desired. There...

I get that support is an issue, but I was specifically told to disregard that for now (yes, I realize the absurdity of that request). I'm more looking at the technical aspects. E.g., is a layer-3 switch really necessary, is there a preferred topology from ISP to phones, etc. I already pitched...

Hey all, So my office is going from digital phones to VoIP due to some changes in our ISP subscription. We've gotten quotes from two companies, both in the $20k+ range for a 17-line system. I recognize there are cheaper ways to do this, but that's not my instructions here. My instructions are...

Nobody has ANY opinion on the best $300 combo of mobo, CPU, and GPU? I figured this would be a thread rife with fanboys at least.

So I'm trying to put together a mini-itx system for my new office computer with a budget of around $400-600. Most of the requirements are basic (Word, Excel, etc.) but I also tend to also use virtual machines a bit and do some mid-level gaming sometimes on a lunch break or during an office LAN...

Just to keep this updated in case someone benefits from it in the future: So incredibly long story short, I think the drives were having an issue with the SB7xx drivers for Win8. The SASLP-connected drives worked after a few disconnects, reconnects, and reboots; so I'm thinking those were...

Posted to HSS to get their input as well: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/7664-gpt-protective-partition/ If anyone else has any ideas, let me know. Apparently I'm not the only one that has seen this sort of issue.

Alright, so I installed 2012 R2 Essentials to see if it would be happy... of course not. I forgot that a while back I tried to do the same thing and discovered some weird partitioning issue (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1748573). Well, it's happening again. I managed to do the...

Does Essentials 2012 R2 fix the buggy-ness of that was present in the backup/recovery feature of WHS2011?

What WHS was doing was essentially browse-able system images. I think I had it set to retain 5 daily snapshots, 2 weekly snapshots, and 6 monthly snapshots. As far as I know, those were all iterative backups and not each an independent system image. I didn't think rsync would be able to do...

So I've been running WHS2011 for a couple years, and it has served me reasonably well. The main (really the only feature) that I use it for is the nightly backup (and occasional restore in the event of a crash). This feature, however, is buggy has crap and often has issues. After realizing that...

I don't know that I'd say a "common" problem per se, but I know the speed problem exists for at least my setup and one other (http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,2932.0.html). There seems to be some issue with saturating the CPU for no reason as the units increase, so I'm guessing there is...

Speak of the devil. Just got a beta build from Brahim that might fix the permissions issue (not the parity creation speed though). I'll report back if it helps, but if anyone has any idea about the parity creation speed, I'd still love to hear it.

Hey guys. I've posted to the Flexraid forums for two weeks now and haven't gotten a single response thus far for my issue, which is infuriating. Link: http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,3509.0.html My basic issue is this: The configuration is CC Snapshot, 7DRU (2x3TB, 5x2TB), 2PPU...